Tire carrier



Aug. 14, 1923. 11,464,9411

W. J: KEEGAN, JR, ET AL TIRE CARRIER Filed July 30, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 f INVENTORS @3572 r 0 M 4 M WTORNE y Au m, 1923. 11,464,943

W. J. KEEGAN, JR. ET AL.

TIRE CARRIER Filed July so. 1921 4 Sheets- Sheet 2 TTORNE Y INVENTORS M84341 l W. J. KEEGAN, JR, ET AL Aug 14, 1923.

TIRE CARRIER F iled July so. 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Aug. 14; 1923.

' 124645.941! W. J. KEEGAN, JR. ET AL TIRE CARRIER Filed July 30. 1921 4 Sheets-$heet 4 lNVENTOR$ mzv y carries a plate provided with a number V modated.

that'tires of different sizes can be accom- In the construction shown in Figs. 4e to T modified terms of certain of the parts are seen. The turnbuckle 10 is of a sleeve type, and has on it a rotatable ratchet ring 22, retained by a collar 23, the ring encircling a circular series of ratchet notches 2% in the exterior of the turn-buckle. Thering has a handle socket 25 projecting laterally from it, and movable longitudinally and also rotatably in the socket is a lever handle 26. The inner end of this handle bears a pawl nose 27, flat on one side and beveled on the other, to enter the notches and to cause rotation of the sleeve 21 in one direction or the other when the sleeve is swung back and forth, according to which of two positions 180 apart in respect to rotation about its longitudinal axis the handle occupies in the socket. In an intermediate po sition, movement of the handle will merely oscillate the turnbuckle idly back and forth, since the beveled side of the nose cannot ride out of the notch 2a in which it is entered, without withdrawing the snoes sutficiently to permit removal of the tire. This will depend in part upon the pitch of the screws and the length of the operating handle and the obstruction which it will on counter to continued rotation in. one direction. An absolute lock may be secured by passing one leg; of a lock staple 28 through ioles 29 in the socket and a notch 30 in the handle, which notch registers with the holes in this position, and connecting the ends 01 the legs by a padlock This staple may be suspended from a bracket 31 secured-to the cross-portion 870i the spider member 6.

In its normal operation, the handle 26 works backand forth in the socket, as the beveled face of the nose 27 rides in and out of the notches 2% in the return or idle strokes, and is pressed forward by a spring 32, which lies in the socket between a bushing 33 in the outer end thereof and a collar 34 on the handle. To change the position of the handle it is pulled out against the tension of this spring and turned.

The two forms oi the invention shown in the drawings illustrate the fact that the tire-carrier may be disposed in various positions in respect to rotation about the cen ter of the tire circle. Thus, in Figs. 1 to 3 the shoe 3 and the turn-buckle leg are shown at the top and the shoes 3 and. the member 6 in a lower position, while in Figs.

l to 'i', this is reversed. Suitable forms of supporting brackets are shown in the two sets ofviews, but these may be modified to suit various styles and makes of automobiles without interi'eringwith the essential tea tures of the invention. For light cars with a touring style of body, we prefer the terms jacent thereto; the bracket 11 extends from the same region downward and rearward to the shoe 3, to which it is secured, and is made resilient to secure the same sult as the hinge in the bracket 11%.

In the most preferable form of the vice the parts are so proportioned and ranged that center lines drawn through ie legs 7, it prolonged, would'intersect a a point in, which point lies on a diameterot a circle, of which the tire rim is the circumference, midway between the center of the circle and its circumference; further these center lines would make with each other an angle of between and 90; further a center line drawn through the turn-buckle leg would pass through :0 and the center of the circle and would bisect the angle formed by the prolonged center lines of the legs 7; also the center line of the cross-portion 8 would pass through the center oi? the circle. It is to be understood, however, that it is not absolutely essential for the working of the device that all or even anyo; these conditions be exactly or even approximately fulfilled, but the above is the form of our invention which we prefer.

*vVhat is claimed. as new is: An automobile tire carrier comprising internal frame carrying shoes to engage the tire rim, an expanding and contracting screw device in said frame, said device having a rotatable member provided with ratchet notches, a ratchet case and lever socket pivoted on said rotatable member, a lever handle terminating in a pawl nose, said handle being movable longitudin allv in the socket and also being capable of being turned about its longitudinal axis and an anti-theft locking device for locking the handle in the socket so as to render the ratchet inoperative WILLIAM J. KEEGAN, 5n. ACHESUN H. CALLAGHAN. DEAN A. MOORE.

of support shown inlTigs. l to 3. For heav liU 

